Like in life, beauty and beautiful outfits should never be left for "special days" or "special occasions". Everyday is a special day and everything you do creates a special occasion. Life is too short to keep beautiful things for those days, moments, events ... that never come. If anything, those special things you keep for the special days only remind you more and more that the special days never come and what a depressing thought! Not only that but it makes not appreciate the everyday things you do.

Try to look at every practice session and class you take as a special occasion because you might never perform and it's not about performing at the end of the day. We dance because we love it and whether in class or in our living room, looking our best if for us and us only and that brings a special feeling not audience could understand and no amount of applause could replace.

So dress your best and feel your best without an audience every time you dance no matter where it is.

Here are some beautiful simple and minimalist outfits that work great for regular practice and training and look amazing.

Celebrated Ayurveda teacher Ananta Ripa Ajmera offers an inspiring introduction to this ancient Indian medical tradition, which complements and extends the health and wellness benefits of yoga. Through 108 short essays you will learn to approach optimal digestion, better sleep, less stress, and a more balanced life. Diet is key, and many essays are accompanied by recipes that incorporate into daily meals spices such as turmeric, cumin, ginger, and mustard seeds. In addition, meditation, yoga and breathing exercises, and self-care practices such as oil pulling and massage, make this time-tested wisdom available to ontemporary holistic health enthusiasts — even beginners.

Editorial Reviews

“An informative and beautifully written book on how to live a balanced life. It’s the perfect gift to type A people like me who think they’re too cool for healthy living.” — Trabian Shorters, editor of best-selling Reach: 40 Black Men Speak on Living, Leading and Succeeding and founding CEO of BMe Community“An honest window into Ayruvedic traditions, providing simple, powerful, and effective strategies to choose health.” — Lara Galinsky, author of Work on Purpose and Be Bold: Create a Career with Impact “If you want to change the world, this is the book for you because change starts with ourselves. These 108 steps are simple, clear, and doable. This liberated ancient wisdom illuminates the path with clarity and light.” —Susan Davis, co-author of Social Entrepreneurship: What Everyone Needs to KnowFrom the Back Cover"Ancient wisdom in simple, doable steps" – Susan Davis, coauthor of Social Entrepreneurship: What Everyone Needs to KnowDiscover how the inspired lifestyle teachings of Ayurveda, yoga's ancient sister science, can transform your everyday life. Celebrated Ayurveda teacher Ananta Ripa Ajmera offers 108 accessible, holistic practices to help you achieve optimal digestion, improve sleep, diminish stress, and find inner balance.These practices for enhancing mind, body, and spirit are easy to incorporate into your day, making it simple to use this time-tested wisdom to awaken your naturally healthy self.

About the Author

Ananta Ripa Ajmera is an Ayurveda Practitioner and yoga instructor who studied with Acharya Shunya, an eminent traditional Vedic teacher whose lineage stems back to ancient India. She has taught Ayurveda and yoga at Stanford University, Stanford Health Care, California Probation Departments, ABC News, and leading business conferences. Her writing has been popular on MindBodyGreen, Elephant Journal, and Huffington Post.

People trust that the cosmetics and personal care products that they purchase are safe for all their family members, including their companion animals, but object to the use of animals in toxicity testing to assess the safety of these products and their ingredients. Polls have shown that most consumers would prefer to use products from companies that do not test on animals. And innovative alternative testing methods are now available that are more humane, faster, less expensive and better able to predict how these products will affect people. Despite this, the use of animals to test the safety of cosmetics continues in the U.S. and throughout the world.

Background

Cosmetics—typically defined as products that are intended to be applied or introduced into the human body for the purposes of cleansing or beautification—are, for the most part, not required to undergo animal testing in the U.S. There are exceptions, including hair dyes, certain cleaning products and anti-bacterial soaps. However, companies are still legally responsible for ensuring the safety of their ingredients and finished products before they come to market.

Animal testing for cosmetics was instituted in the 1940s in response to serious injuries suffered by people who were exposed to unsafe beauty products. Today, many companies actually have no need to test, as their formularies rely upon ingredients that are classified as “generally recognized as safe.” Testing for these ingredients may have been conducted on animals at one time, but is not done so currently. Regardless, some companies continue to do animal testing as a kind of legal protection against a lawsuit if a product harms a person. They may use the animal tests as evidence that they used “due diligence” in conducting safety testing.

Another reason animal testing may take place is that a company may be testing new chemical compounds, or testing compounds on a sensitive population such as children or the elderly, to determine whether the substances will cause an allergic reaction if applied to skin, or whether they cause irritation or corrosion of the skin or eyes.

Companies that manufacture or market their products overseas may be required to submit them for animal testing. Today, however, a growing number of countries around the world have passed laws banning the testing of cosmetics on animals. At the same time, many companies are working to develop, validate and implement innovative alternative methods that are not only replacing animal testing for cosmetics, but which are also being used in other industries.

How NAVS Helps

NAVS has been committed to providing consumers with credible information regarding cruelty-free products for more than 30 years, starting with the publication of our first “Personal Care with Principle” pamphlet in 1985 and continuing through 13 print editions of our authoritative guide, Personal Care for People Who Care. Today, NAVS is proud to be a member of the Coalition for Consumer Information on Cosmetics (CCIC), which, through its Leaping Bunny Program, utilizes a single, comprehensive standard for identifying cruelty-free cosmetics, personal care products and household products. A continuously-updated listing of these products can be found in NAVS’ Cruelty-Free Product Guide.

In addition, our funding of the International Foundation for Ethical Research and support of the Society for In Vitro Biology allows NAVS to invest in the development and implementation of alternatives while working to advance greater respect, compassion and justice for animals. We’ve also taken an active role in support of the Humane Cosmetics Act which would prohibit the sale of cosmetics products that have been tested on animals. This legislation is currently being considered in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Another basic arm move we learned in the past: drum arms . This time we are putting them in a circle!
check out the video below.

Heres a program that combines dancing for fun and fitness with sexy, hip bhangra music and dance. Its 50 minutes of serious cardio, sculpting, and stretching that happens while learning the basic moves of the dance craze inspired by Indias movie musicals.

Exotically beautiful yogi and Indian dance expert Hemalayaa infuses her instruction with a modern sense of play and fun. Filmed on a lushly atmospheric set, this one will stand out from the crowd. Features include audio options (instruction and music or music only) and bonus dance performances.